Helping Seniors Accept In-Home Care What can you do when seniors refuse to accept the care they need? These tips empower you to understand their fears and help them take action to avoid resistance. Your elderly client has been caring for her husband with Alzheimer’s round the clock. She’s physically exhausted and emotionally drained. Yet...Read More

It’s a Sign: How Your Clients are Showing You They Need More Help Many of us have the good fortune of serving clients over a span of years.  We live through various life events with them and, in many cases, we ride the long wave of decline with them as they age, endure setbacks, stage...Read More

Informal Caregiving: The Real Costs, Risks and Considerations The role of “caregiver” can sneak up on us.  It’s not necessarily something we plan to do. But when a parent grows old and needful, a spouse has a sudden health setback, or a friend/neighbor is visibly struggling, it’s both easy and natural to offer support.  It...Read More

Looking For Friends In All The Wrong Places: The Fine Line Between Incompetence And Poor Judgment Eleanor proudly told us she lived alone, but that wasn’t entirely true. In the night, people came and went through the door she left unlocked. During the day, people also came and went, most of whom were on the...Read More

The Adult Child/Aging Parent Relationship: Minefields, Misunderstandings And Methods For Improvement Tensions are often introduced into adult child/aging parent relationships as both parties attempt to manage an older parent’s encroaching change in status. It may come as no surprise that the two generations tend to view the situation from entirely different angles.  While the adult...Read More

Considering a Geriatric Care Manager? What You Need to Know. Are you feeling overwhelmed by the difficult challenges associated with aging? Is your responsibility to care for a loved one becoming unmanageable? You are not alone, as it is normal to encounter medical, legal, financial, and psychological complications related to aging that eventually points you...Read More

Types of Guardianship Limited Guardianship: When the individual can make some, but not all, decisions regarding his/her person and/or estate. The powers of a limited guardian must be specifically listed in the court order. The court orders are tailored to address the specific limitations that the individual has so that they retain all of their...Read More

My Life Is A Struggle But I Don’t Want Help: Senior Resistance To Change And Care “I’m not moving!” “I’m fine!  I don’t need any help.” “I have a driver’s license and I’m not giving up my keys!” Almost everyone who has approached a client or elderly family member about the possibility they may benefit...Read More